From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Philip Kaludercic" <philipk@posteo.net>,
"João Távora" <joaotavora@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Externalising 'eglot-server-programs'
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 08:04:38 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <861q3rgujd.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87msmffyjz.fsf@posteo.net> (message from Philip Kaludercic on Wed, 17 Jul 2024 22:23:12 +0000)
> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 22:23:12 +0000
>
>
> I have been wondering why all the language servers are currently listed
> in 'eglot-server-programs'? Isn't it usually the responsibility of a
> major mode to integrate and configure generic functionality (Imenu,
> CAPF, Xref, Outline, Font-Lock, ...) for a language? Would it be
> imaginable to move towards the expectation that major modes and their
> packages update 'eglot-server-programs', just like they update
> 'auto-mode-alist'?
We should keep in mind that Eglot is also available from ELPA, so it
cannot necessarily rely on what major modes in core do, because
3rd-party major modes might not do that.
Also, I don't see what possible harm could be caused by having all the
known servers listed in that variable.
Adding João to the discussion.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-18 5:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-17 22:23 Externalising 'eglot-server-programs' Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-18 5:04 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-07-18 7:52 ` João Távora
2024-07-18 10:41 ` Philip Kaludercic
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